Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Avery 19 Months Old

Our little girl keeps growing up! She is 19 months old today. I took her last week to her 18 month well visit and she now weighs 21 lb. 10 oz.


We have stayed busy this month! Avery loves playing at her friend, Molly Cate's house. Although she was a little apprehensive of the water table at first, she decided that she loved it.


Another of Avery's friends, Gabby, came to play at our house last week. Avery calls her "Babby."



Avery likes to be in the swing for about 30 seconds, then she is ready to get out.


Avery finally decided she kind of likes to play in a baby pool. When she sees one on TV, she calls it by name.


Avery really loved when Pop and Bibi came to spend the day with her. She had a lot of fun!


Avery celebrated her 2nd 4th of July at Molly Cate's house. As you can tell, she also really loves stickers this month. She loves to cover her legs with them. 


Here is Avery playing in the cars at Monkey Joe's. We were there celebrating her friend Mason's 4th birthday.


Avery loves to pretend. She pretends that she is cooking in her kitchen all of the time. She is always making me something good to eat.


She also has NO fear. She has found that climbing up the slide and jumping and running on the couch are more exciting than sliding down the slide or sitting on the couch. 


She loves to go places. We went to story time with her friend Gabby today at the downtown Nashville library.


Avery is a funny girl. She is always doing something these days to make us laugh. Just take a look at this video. Ignore the fact that she is in her diaper and also ignore my silly reading of "Eight Little Monkeys." It is just too cute not to share.



Friday, July 13, 2012

Our Little ABC Project

Avery and I started working on a little "ABC Book" project this week. Since I am staying home with her, it is my attempt at being intentional in the time I spend with her. So, this week we started with the letter A. It was super easy and fun for her because she got to paint.


I just put a little yellow washable paint on a paper plate. I cut a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper in half. Then, I drew an uppercase A with a pencil.



Avery helped me paint the letter A.



I taped a picture of her on the first page of our "ABC Book." I am thinking that for the letter B we will cut out a picture of a ball from a magazine or maybe even put a picture of her Bibi (grandmother). For now, it is hanging on our refrigerator. When she sees it, she says "A." It served its purpose, and it was fun too.


Avery even got to paint on a piece of construction paper I had laying around. She was so careful and didn't make a mess at all. Just look at the girl's concentration!